[HENRI DE ROTHSCHILD AND MARTHE RÉGNIER] In its case opening in front and marked "Leitao & Irmao" official supplier of the Crown of Portugal, silver milestone (950 / °°) in imitation of the old road markers used in Portugal. It is engraved with the number 25 and on the reverse: HENRI MARTHE. Marked: LEITAO & IR 1 TITULO Condition: small chips in the red color on the base Provenance: Gift from Henri de Rothschild to Marthe Régnier on their twenty-fifth year as a couple. Weight : 262 g - height : 4,4 cm In 1940, to escape the Second World War, Baron Henri de Rothschild went into exile in Portugal, near Estoril, with his partner Marthe Régnier. For this "actress with jewels", he had this silver milestone made between 1945 and 1947, a sentimental and intimate work that cemented the bond between these two lovers.